Back in California, in the woods again, quiet, clean, and a little lonely. The weather is just about the same as it was last July, but since it is mid January, it feels much better. I am enjoying the sun shine, and being able to sit out on my porch for meals and tea, and for writing my blog:), and because it is January, I do not feel guilty to have fire in my wood-burning stove, and get extra warm and cozy. I got it all, the Sunshine and the fire-place:)
While in India, I forgot how yummy and abundant the food is out here...and how quiet it can get, and clean, and organized. (Yesterday they reported in NPR a 'hazard' on the road, a cow wondering by freedom blvd....tell me about it:). Memory is such a wonderfully elusive thing (or sometimes not so wonderful when you are right about what happened, and who said what, and your partner is wrong...). Accepting my own failing memory and seeing how unreliable people's memory so often is, makes me wonder if memory is even truly 'remembering' or perhaps more of 'imagining', or 'making up', creating our own experience with out any existence other then in our own mind. The past, what we remember, is just as illusive and suggestive as the future, what we anticipate, and both a projection of our mind. It is humbling to realize that, and inspiring to pursue clarity and awareness of every moment as it arises. The thick clutter of my projections; what I want and do not want, my desires and aversions, layered and fused with what is not even 'mine', or 'me'; the default setting of my pre-deposition and predicaments, the long list of wishes and dislikes of my ancestors, mingled for further confusion with the fleeting values of my culture and communities - it becomes a mighty fog of concepts and ideas to cut through, and to be able to be and feel genuinely real.
And then of course, the natural continuation of this line of thinking is what is 'reality' or 'truth', and what are we without our vast web of connections. We are our ancestors, and we are a representation of our society, our family and community, and yet we are neither and nor. We equally create our 'reality' and are subject to the flow of time.
Talking about creating, I recently returned from Orissa, where I filmed 3 instructional DVDS. I am beyond excited to share all the info with you, and start selling them, but I have to muster some patience (which is hardly possible by me), since they are not yet fully ready. Cain stayed back in Orissa for a couple weeks longer to tie up the final touches, and to put it all together into a finished product. So...I hope you can join me in anticipation, and I will be sure to announce it all over my blog, web site, face book, twitter, you name it, once I have them in my hands and I am ready to pass them on to yours.
The Titles are:
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Temple Goddess Workout
transformational practice combining the best of yoga and indian dance
- Odissi Volume I: Foundations
- Odissi Volume II: Spins & Mangala Charana
Wishing you abundantly creative 2011, and the humble pursue of embodying who you truly are,
With love,
Revital
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